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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-10-004309
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100129
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100202

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000875582
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COATING, ENGRAVING & ALLIED SERVICES [3470]
		IRS NUMBER:				410857886
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11038
		FILM NUMBER:		10565312

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4201 WOODLAND ROAD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 69
		CITY:			CIRCLE PINES
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(763) 225-6601

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4201 WOODLAND ROAD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 69
		CITY:			CIRCLE PINES
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55014

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHERN INSTRUMENTS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160; <b>January&nbsp;29, 2010</b></font></p>

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CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On January&nbsp;29, 2010, t</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">he Board of Directors of </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Northern Technologies International Corporation (&#147;NTIC&#148;)</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, upon
recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, elected
Richard J. Nigon as a director of NTIC effective as of February&nbsp;1, 2010.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard J. Nigon, 61, is currently the Senior Vice President of Cedar
Point Capital,&nbsp;Inc., a private company that raises capital for early stage
companies. From February&nbsp;2001 until May&nbsp;2007, Mr.&nbsp;Nigon was a
Director of Equity Corporate Finance for Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnard (&#147;MJSK&#148;),
a privately held investment firm. In December&nbsp;2006, MJSK was acquired by
Stifel Nicolaus and Mr.&nbsp;Nigon was a Managing Director of Private
Placements at Stifel Nicolaus. From February&nbsp;2000 to February&nbsp;2001, Mr.&nbsp;Nigon
served as the Chief Financial Officer of Dantis,&nbsp;Inc., a web hosting
company. Prior to joining Dantis, Mr.&nbsp;Nigon was employed by Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
Young, LLP from 1970 to 2000, where he served as a partner from 1981 to 2000.
While at Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young, Mr.&nbsp;Nigon served as the Director of Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
Young&#146;s Twin Cities Entrepreneurial Services Group and was the coordinating
partner on several publicly-traded companies in the consumer retailing and
manufacturing sectors. Mr.&nbsp;Nigon serves as a director of&nbsp;Virtual
Radiologics,&nbsp;Inc. and Vascular Solutions,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nigon has not been appointed
to any committees of NTIC&#146;s Board of Directors at this time.&#160; It is expected that </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NTIC&#146;s Board of Directors will ask Mr.&nbsp;Nigon to serve as a member
of NTIC&#146;s Audit Committee</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160;
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr.&nbsp;Nigon and any
other persons pursuant to which Mr.&nbsp;Nigon was selected as a director of
NTIC.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Nigon does not have any
direct or indirect material interest in any existing or currently proposed
transaction to which NTIC is or may become a party.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a non-employee director, Mr.&nbsp;Nigon</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will be paid an annual cash retainer of $10,000, paid on a quarterly
basis, and $1,000 for each Board and strategy review meeting attended and
$1,000 for each Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee meeting attended.&#160;
No director, however, will earn more than $1,000 per day in Board, Board
committee and strategy review meeting fees.&#160;
If Mr.&nbsp;Nigon joins the Audit Committee, he will receive an
additional annual cash retainer of $4,000 ($5,000 if Mr.&nbsp;Nigon becomes
Chair of the Audit Committee).&#160; As part
of NTIC&#146;s cost reduction efforts, NTIC&#146;s annual cash retainers and meeting fees
were reduced temporarily by 10%.&#160; This
reduction remains in effect as of the date of the filing of this report.&#160; The amounts set forth above do not reflect
the temporary 10% reduction.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Upon his appointment, Mr.&nbsp;Nigon</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">was granted a five-year option to purchase 2,333 shares of NTIC&#146;s
common stock at an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value of
NTIC&#146;s common stock on the date of grant.&#160;
Such option will vest in three as nearly equal as possible annual
installments beginning on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant.&#160; In addition, each of our non-employee
directors, including Mr.&nbsp;Nigon, will be automatically granted a five-year
option to purchase 4,000 shares of NTIC&#146;s common stock on the first day of each
fiscal year in consideration for their services as directors of NTIC.&#160; Such options will have an </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value
of NTIC&#146;s common stock on the date of grant and will vest in three as nearly
equal as possible annual installments beginning on the one-year anniversary of
the date of grant.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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